Soooo Tell us how you have been on RAW

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Permalink Reply by Marnie on March 17, 2009 at 6:00am

I would love to know the answer to this question. Are there better numbers with RAW? Please let us know the benefits

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Permalink Reply by Jasmine Ong on March 17, 2009 at 10:44am

I don't think raw is widespread enough for there to be real, hard data yet, and I myself am very loose about it (living 95% vegan, very high fiber, trying to convert more of that to raw). But I will tell you that as I have been experimenting with raw eating, I have had incredible numbers after an all-raw meal, many of which required NO insulin with a good fasting sugar beforehand (and I'm Type 1). I've heard similar stories from others, and I've tried a lot of other eating schemes. Low carb (i.e. high meat) just made me feel like a brick and gain 40 lbs. I've lost all that again since going vegan.

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Permalink Reply by Ellen Ridenour on August 26, 2009 at 5:42pm

My blood sugar is holding it's own....in a good range...94-99 in the morning before a meal
Cholesterol was 214...is now 141
blood pressure was very high now is 110 over 60
Been on the Raw diet 1 month
with-in 24 hours I felt great....I started out 100% but made some mistakes so i really think I am more 80%
mostly because I'm still learning what I can do and what I can't..
I am also ADHD my mind is much clearer even without my medicine.This diet is really working for me.....I make one giant salad with ton's of greens and other fibers ( kale,spinach,lettuce,celery,red cabbage,Chinese cabbage,bok choy,green onions,cilantro and daikon radish. I throw fresh blueberries and raspberries on the salad with a few sprouted seeds and beans.. I make this ahead enough for a few days...I eat a large bowel every evening along with other raw side dishes.....One of my side dishes was a corn and zucchini dish with cashew dressing....along with a side dish of sweet potatoes with apples,raisins,pecans and touch of coconut butter.....I make a good variety of side dishes every evening.... breakfast i have raw oatmeal with almond milk...lunch a fruit smoothie...My husband just loves this new way of eating..i bought a new food dryer and a spiralizer mainly because I plan on living this way forever.

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Permalink Reply by Jimmie B on October 28, 2009 at 3:39pm

I was just recently diagnosed with Type2. I had a pretty decent diet before because I was trying to stay away from food additives like MSG and other unsafe stuff. I immediately started searching for information and ran across a bunch of references to RAW. I watched a movie called Simply Raw and decided to leave my other diet behind as much as I possibly can. I would say that I'm only about 70% RAW right now because I still am trying to figure out what to eat. Been salad, salad, salad, nuts and a little chicken and cheese so far. Anyway, I took the Metformin I was prescribed twice. Both times, my BG dropped within minutes to 50mg/dl which scared the crap out of me, especially since I did not know what to do for sure!! Thank goodness my wife is a paramedic and I got ahold of her right away because I was getting confused and dropping quickly. So, decided it's going to have to be deal with the highs if I must, but I'm not going to try to juggle extreme lows also. So far I have been successful at regulating my glucose to within 10mg/dl of my target without any emergency lows or excessive Highs. I did break down one night a eat 2 cups of raisen bran which made me feel pretty bad the rest of the night. As a newbie to this, I am PLEASED to find out that I don't have to take it to the extreme on the RAW foods...some meat seems to be ok and even some bottled salad dressing. Portion control is extremely important in this regard!!! The trade off from my old SAD diet is I'm still satisfied with what I eat, and when I see the small portion, I just remember I'm not going to feel like death later and need to sleep for 3 hrs after eating it. I feel in control rather than terrified like I was...I can only thank the RAW incentive for this level of comfort with my lifestyle changes. btw, I live in Kansas, and was very much a Meat, Bread and Starch eater all my life. My diet change literally came over night. The one thing that helped me a great deal is that I had already quit drinking beer 3 months ago. Believe me, it was a significant quantity and I really think my diabetes was self inflicted. Look forward to learning as much as I can from everyone about RAW and Diabetes here!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Wanda Pullen on November 2, 2009 at 3:24pm

Today is my 3rd day on raw diet, doing ok little bit nervous about it. But also excited about it.Wandapullen54@yahoo.com

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